Renard quits Cote d’Ivoire post

Cote d’Ivoire football federation president, Sidy Diallo, has confirmed that national team coach, Herve Renard, has vacated his position.
The coach arrived the West African country on Thursday and held talks with the football body, essentially to determine his release clause estimated to be around €400,000, Goal reports.
Renard, who led the Elephants to win the 2015 Africa Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea, had 18 months left on his contract.

Reports in France said he is on the verge of joining Ligue 1 side Lille, who confirmed the departure of Rene Girard this week.
His assistant Patrice Beaumelle – who also worked with him when he won the 2012 AFCON with Zambia – will also leave his post with the Ivoirians.

D’banj shoots a video ft Ice Prince in Atlanta (Title:Salute)

This just got to  CHARLIAN'S that D’banj is currently shooting a block-buster video with Ice Prince in Atlanta, Georgia. The video is for an unreleased song titled “Salute“,

Senate poke fuel scarcity

THE Senate, on Thursday, resolved to investigate the biting fuel scarcity which has grounded activities nationwide.
The lawmakers, at the Thursday's sitting, mandated the Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream and Downstream), to immediately commence a probe into the remote and immediate causes of the scarcity.
Deputy Senate Majority Leader, Senator Abdul Ningi, had moved a motion to call the attention of his colleagues to the crisis.

He insisted that

Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP): Health workers embark on indefinite strike over unmet demands

The Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) has publish its plans to embark on an indefinite national strike.
The group, as reported by The Nation, said it is embarking on the strike action over alleged unwillingness by the Federal Government to attend to their demands despite promising to do so immediately after the elections.
These are the major services that would will be affected:

I'll pursue security personnel for electoral offences says Muhammadu Buhari

President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration will pursue all security personnel found guilty of committing electoral offences in the recently held elections.
Buhari said further that ballot snatching and other offences which were allegedly committed by soldiers would not go unpunished.

The President-elect also stated that

Goodluck Jonathan: President sacks NIPC boss, appoints replacement

President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Council (NIPC) Saratu Umar. Jonathan sacked Umar on Monday, May 18, 2015, after staff accused her of gross incompetence.
The President also approved the appointment of Uju Hassan-Baba as the acting Executive Secretary of NIPS.
This was disclosed through a statement released on Monday by Jonathan’s media aide, Reuben Abati.
It reads: